8th Emergency Services Workshop

ESW8 will be held in Budapest on 13-15 April 2011. Just like earlier ESWs, ESW8 will be an international forum for discussing issues related to IP-based emergency calling, with a focus on coordination between different specific efforts (especially standards efforts).

This year, ESW8 is being hosted by EENA, the European Emergency Number Association, and it is integrated in the program of the EU Emergency Services Workshop that gathers emergency services, public authorities and industry representatives. This 3-day conference aims at fostering sharing of best practices between the relevant stakeholders. ESW8 will be a separate track within the overall EENA workshop, focused on Next Generation, IP-based emergency services.

In the overall workshop program, ESW8 is indicated as "Next Generation Emergency Services (ESW8)". Participants are however welcome to attend the entire 3-day event. As usual, special attention will be paid to Next Generation, IP-based emergency calling, including:

An introduction to Next-Generation emergency services intended to provide a basic understanding of IP-based emergency calling to public safety representatives

A session on testing and deployment elements with a focus on some relevant projects and initiatives

A discussion on standards aiming at coordinating between different specific efforts and standards development organisations (SDOs)

The Workshop will welcome around 200 participants, including around 100 emergency services and public authorities' representatives.

Audience

The audience will include:

PSAP, Emergency services and public authorities' representatives

Telecom Regulators

Network operators

VoIP service providers

Internet service providers

PSAP providers

Standards organisations

Researchers

Venue, Program, and Registration

Further details on the venue, program, and registration can be found on the EENA site for the workshop: